Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Wednesday, August 11, 2004

http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040811/minerals_iamgold_goldfields_2.html

JOHANNESBURG -- Gold Fields Ltd. plans to take
control of mid-sized Canadian gold firm Iamgold
Corp. in a $2.1 billion deal which will create the
world's seventh biggest gold miner, the firms said
today.

10:28a ET Thursday, August 12, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to the persistence of GATA supporters
in Nebraska, the Omaha World-Herald published
yesterday a couple of major stories,
wonderfully illustrated, about gold and about
money generally. (Our cause has gotten much
publicity from local and regional news
organizations because of the efforts of our
supporters around the world, so never

Note: HSBC Bank is deeply involved in the
gold market. China is going to be if it
isn't covertly already....

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Britain's HSBC Buying 19.9 Percent Stake
in Major Chinese State Bank for $1.7 Billion

By Joe McDonald
Associated Press
Saturday, August 7, 2004

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/040807/china_hsbc_1.html

BEIJING -- British bank HSBC Holdings PLC is buying

8:56a ET Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's "Midas" commentary for
August 9 at LeMetropoleCafe.com has been posted in
the clear at GoldSeek.com and is especially
remarkable for quoting comments broadcast three
years ago by CNBC analyst Lawrence Kudlow about
the ratio of oil and gold prices. Using the ratio of
Kudlow's broadcast three years ago, Murphy notes that